title: Echinococcosis: intramuscular localization.
abstract: Localization of hydatidosis in the musculoskeletal system is a rare occurrence, and generally involves the skeleton. A case reported here in which the muscular localization of hydatidosis followed hepatic and pulmonary localizations treated surgically. 1) Muscular localization seems to be related to the regional circulation; 2) diagnosis may be done by echography, CT scan, RMI and immunological tests with ELISA and RIA methods; 3) basic steps during surgery, which constitutes the treatment of choice, involve the prevention of anaphylactic shock and the inactivation of the cyst; 4) chemotherapy is limited to cases in which it is not possible to perform radical surgery, to the prevention of postoperative recurrence, and to cases which cannot be treated surgically.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Ospedale Civile di Pescara.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Manes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santucci
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation